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Student E-mail

GroupWise WebAccess 7 e-mail is provided for all students.  If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Technology Support Center at 4-4444 from on-campus, or 773-508-7190 from off-campus.    


Logging in to GroupWise WebAccess.

 

Student E-mail Policies 

E-mail Quota

The quota for StudentEMail accounts has been doubled to 100MB (megabytes).   If you reach 100MB, your account will no longer accept messages. To create more room, either save your e-mail  or delete unwanted messages from your Inbox, sent-mail, and all other folders, and empty the Trash folder.

E-mail Retention

Following the same retention policies as faculty and staff, student e-mail messages will only be retained for 180 days.    Messages older than 180 days will be deleted.   

If you would like to save an e-mail:

  • Open the e-mail you want to save
  • Choose File
  • Save As (choose a name that is descriptive to that e-mail)
  • Choose a source.  This can be either your personal computer or an external source such as a USB Key / Flash Drive.
  • To save an e-mail attachment, choose Save As from within the open email.

Do not save e-mail messages to a public lab machine.   Your e-mail will be lost.

Logging in to GroupWise WebAccess

  1. Type webaccess.luc.edu
  2. Type your Loyola Universal ID (UVID) into the "Username" field. Press Tab.
  3. Type your Loyola password into the "Password" field.
  4. Click Login or press Enter.

     

The GroupWise WebAccess 7 Main Window

When you open GroupWise WebAccess, you see the main window, shown below. The main window is the starting point for many of the tasks you can accomplish with GroupWise WebAccess.

 

 

Mail Messages, Appointments, and Tasks

The GroupWise mail system divides messages into three main types:

  • Mail messages deliver basic text messages, with optional attachment.

  • Appointments set meetings with message recipients, including meeting date, time, and location.

  • Tasks assign work to recipients, complete with due date.

Both Appointments and Tasks also include the basic capabilities of the Mail message. For example, you may send an Appointment to another GroupWise user that includes a meeting date and time along with a message and an attachment. Posted Appointments and Tasks are items that appear in your calendar only.

 

Address Books

Loyola GroupWise WebAccess provides 3 distinct address books:

  • GroupWise Address Book: contains the e-mail address of every GroupWise user at Loyola.

  • Frequent Contacts: contains all e-mail addresses of messages you send.

  • Personal Address Book: contains addresses you add to your address book; this bears your name.

 

Calendar

The Calendar lets you view appointments, tasks, or notes you receive from others or created for yourself. You can view one day, one week, or one month at a time. The easiest way to get to the Calendar is by clicking on the Calendar tab in the main GroupWise window.

The Calendar displays any appointments, tasks, and notes you received whether you have accepted them or not. You can also schedule appointments, assign tasks, post items, and write notes to other users.   More information about the Calendar can be found here.

 

Forwarding old messages from SEM to GroupWise WebAccess 7 E-mail

You also can access your "old" student e-mail system to forward any messages you wish to keep.

Here’s how: Log in to your old Student E-mail Account at webmail.luc.edu with your username and password. To forward your email, simply open the e-mail to be forwarded, address the e-mail to yourself, using your Loyola e-mail address (name@luc.edu). Your e-mail will now be forwarded to your new GroupWise 7 Web Access Account.

 

Using GroupWise Help

The GroupWise Help feature lists topics to help you use GroupWise WebAccess. To use help, follow these simple instructions:

  1. From the GroupWise WebAccess main window, click Help.
  2. Click a topic heading to view its contents.
  3. Click a specific topic to view GroupWise instructions. GroupWise WebAccess displays the instructions on the right frame of the Help screen.  

Documentation

Full documentation for GroupWise WebAccess 7 is provided here.   You can also contact the Technology Support Center at 773-508-7190 (or 4-4444 from on-campus) if you have questions or problems.

QuickStart Cards are available at the Crown Center Lab 101 and the 25 E Pearson, 7th floor lab.  QuickStart Cards offer general information about how to best use GroupWise WebAccess 7 E-mail.